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dc3dd is a patched version of GNU dd with added features for computer forensics. It was developed at the DoD Cyber Crime Center by Jesse Kornblum. The first release, corresponding to Coreutils version 6.9.91, is scheduled for 1 Feb 2008.

Pattern wiping. Wipe output files with a single hex digit or a text pattern

Verify mode

Progress reports. See the progress of the operation while it's running

Split output. Able to split output files into fixed size chunks

Comparison to dcfldd

Although there are definitely similarities between dc3dd and dcfldd, the programs are based on slightly different code bases and have different feature sets. dcfldd is a fork of GNU dd, whereas dc3dd is a patch to the current version. This means that dc3dd will be updated every time GNU dd is updated, whereas dcfldd has its own release schedule. Certain features added to GNU dd after dcfldd forked, such as direct input/output mode, are not found in dcfldd.

On the other hand, dcfldd supports more hashing algorithms than dc3dd, allows the user greater control over how hashes are displayed, supports wiping output files with random patterns, and is supported on the Cygwin platform.